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Donations
If you wish to make a donation to Shropshire Sands, the PayPal Donate option is the quickest and easiest way to demonstrate your support. Alternatively, please contact the Sands Befriending Line below.
Leaflets
Shropshire SANDS: What SANDS does? ( PDF copy )
Mainly for Fathers ( PDF copy )
For Family and Friends ( PDF copy )
About the Other Children ( PDF copy )
Loss of Your Grandchild ( PDF copy )
Early Miscarriage ( PDF copy )
Sexual Problems following the Death of a Baby ( PDF copy )
Supporting those Affected by the Death of a Baby ( PDF copy )
Garden of Remembrance ( PDF copy )
Please contact us if you would like to receive a copy of one of our leaflets or alternatively download your copy now by clicking on the relevant PDF copy link.
Tassimo T-Discs & Foil Wrapper Upcycling
Do you or anyone you know own a Tassimo hot drinks machine? If yes, then you can help to raise funds for Shropshire Sands. For each used T-disc and outer foil wrapper that we return for upcycling, money is raised for our charity. So, please get collecting and bring them along to the Support Meetings, or alternatively pass them on to a member of the committee.
Printer Cartridge Recycling Scheme
By donating your laser and inkjet cartridges for recycling, you can help to raise money for Shropshire Sands. All items are gladly received.
Remembrance Book
Have you written in the Remembrance Book at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital's Maternity Unit? If you would like to write a few words, a poem or perhaps make a drawing for your baby, please let us know and we can arrange for you to have a page from the book. Shropshire Sands also has a Book of Remembrance. If you would like to use that, please contact us.
Remembering Your Baby
Do you wish to plant a shrub in your garden to remember your baby and would like it to bloom for your baby's anniversary? Download your copy of our List of Shrubs (PDF).
Family Room at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Did you use one of the 'family rooms' when you lost your baby? There is a 'family room' on Ward 18 and Ward 19 at the RSH. It is a small flatlet where parents and their families can stay together at such a sad time. Shropshire Sands furnish both of the rooms and we are constantly having to renew items and furniture. Donations received have helped to fund these purchases and are greatly appreciated. Thankfully, not all mothers who use these rooms lose their babies. Sometimes, they are used by mothers in long labour or for various other reasons. So, do not worry if you are offered one of these rooms when you have your next baby.
Books for Loan
We have a good selection of books in our library and they continue to be well used. Please feel free to borrow them at our monthly support meetings. If you know of any books, which might be helpful, please let us know and we might be able to purchase a copy.
Useful Websites
www.uk-sands.org
National Sands offers support to bereaved parents whose baby is stillborn or dies soon after birth.
www.babyloss.com
Offers support to people who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.
www.intothearmsofangels.com
Infant bereavement site.
www.tcf.org.uk
Offers support to parents/immediate families after the death of a child of any age, from any cause.
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Support for anyone who has been bereaved.
